ATLANTA (Ticker) -- Toni Kukoc scored 10 of his 23 points in the
fourth quarter and Jason Terry had a key steal in the final
minute to lead the Atlanta Hawks to their fourth straight win
over the Cleveland Cavaliers, 84-81.

Kukoc made 9-of-11 shots from the field and was the Hawks'
main weapon down the stretch, hitting his last eight attempts,
including a 3-pointer with 3:15 left that gave Atlanta an 81-79
edge.

"When you shoot a 3-point fadeaway and it goes in, something is
right," Kukoc said. "I saw the court well, I was penetrating
and playing on the block and taking advantage of feeling good."

Held to three points, Terry preserved an 83-81 lead when he
stole a long pass for Wesley Person that would have resulted in
an uncontested layup. Terry made 1-of-2 free throws to give the Hawks a three-point cushion.

Ira Newble contributed a career-high 16 points and Shareef
Abdur-Rahim added 14 and eight rebounds as Atlanta recorded just
its second win in six games.

Lamond Murray chipped in 29 points and eight rebounds and
Zydrunas Ilgauskas totaled 17 points and eight boards for the
Cavaliers, who had won three of their previous four games.

Coming off a 37-point performance in a Thursday's overtime win
against San Antonio, Andre Miller was held to 12 points on
3-of-10 shooting for Cleveland.

Atlanta trailed 33-18 after one quarter but put together its
best defensive period of the season in the second, holding the
Cavs to 13 points.

"It was a game we let slip away after we had control over it,"
Miller said. "We had a few plays down the stretch that cost us
the game, especially the big turnover with the game tied up."

After Kukoc's finger roll with 57 seconds to play gave the Hawks
an 83-79 edge, Murray sank a jumper to cut the deficit to two.
Terry followed with his steal and free throw with six seconds
left and Abdur-Rahim partially blocked Murray's desperate
baseline 3-point attempt with three seconds left.

"It shouldn't have come down to that in the first place," Murray
said of his final shot. "We had a couple of turnovers late in
the game and that is the way it goes."

It was the most shot attempts of the season for Kukoc, who fell
one point short of his season high point total, posted in a win
over the Cavs on November 29. He paced a furious effort by the
Hawks' bench, which outscored Cleveland's reserves, 41-7.

"Toni really hurt us," Cavs coach John Lucas admitted. "He
doesn't seem to play well except only against us. He beat us
the last time, he beat us again."

Alan Henderson had 11 points and DerMarr Johnson 10 for Atlanta,
which shot 42 percent (35-of-84) from the field and was
outrebounded, 41-34.

Cleveland hit 43 percent (29-of-68) from the field and was
21-of-25 from the foul line. But it was just 2-of-13 from
beyond the arc.